Mark Ronson, seemed to have a lot of covers and songs with guest vocalists, had trouble discerning what he might be like at Coachella. May be more known as producer. He produced Amy Winehouse, DJ’s, lots of widely varying opinions on the message boards (not touching this debate with 10’ pole).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eEcLntc2sk Radiohead coverhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4kBr5WWiBM Smiths cover, couldn’t find Pixies

Just impressions of various bands, i'm sure there way off, shallow, poorly thought out and the like. Haven't seen most of the bands live so, take it for what its worth. Anyways, everyone doing their own research and has different taste, but thought i'd post. (Ducks from incoming flames)

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This thread fails in so many levels:

1) Indie rock simply means independent from a major record label. There's no such distinct sound as how the hipsters want you to perceive.

2) Techno is not a catch all term for all things considered electronic music, but rather a genre of its own (see: Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox, etc.). Erol Alkan never spins techno, he only does the electro crap that is half-assed by Ed Banger.

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I commend you for your research... buuuuut. Having Kraftwerk in your third group and Carbon/Silicon in your fourth is unacceptable.

Originally Posted by bmack86

And it's been long established that Chris hates fun.

Originally Posted by Hatinisbad

I took my niece this year and it was her first Coachella. It was so fun to see it through her eyes. She thought it felt like a magical scene from Shreck. The one where all the fairy tale creatures meet for the first time in Shreck's swamp.

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You can thank America for giving EDM the name "electronica" and then later categorizing all of it as simply "techno".

Still, this is a great thread. Props for doing your homework and providing those youtube vids. I will check out some of them eventually (I want to check out cinematic orchestra..).

However, you should make more of an effort to see Kraftwerk. I think you'd be glad you saw them if you did.

Thanks America! Now does that include everyone in america?

Originally Posted by greenplastic875

This thread fails in so many levels:

1) Indie rock simply means independent from a major record label. There's no such distinct sound as how the hipsters want you to perceive.

2) Techno is not a catch all term for all things considered electronic music, but rather a genre of its own (see: Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox, etc.). Erol Alkan never spins techno, he only does the electro crap that is half-assed by Ed Banger.

tis not crap, but rather gold

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K"

2013 = 12 Coachellas

do it do it do it do it do it do it do it now! say it say it say it say it say it say it say it now!

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1) Indie rock simply means independent from a major record label. There's no such distinct sound as how the hipsters want you to perceive.

2) Techno is not a catch all term for all things considered electronic music, but rather a genre of its own (see: Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox, etc.). Erol Alkan never spins techno, he only does the electro crap that is half-assed by Ed Banger.

aye, sorry Chomsky, they are terms I am using to distinguish, Indie rock you might find on Indie 103.1 or KROQ (when not sucking) or KCRW morning becomes eclectic as opposed to hard rock, electronic, rap, electro, 80's throwback, shoegaze, post-punk, emo, reggae etc... sorry if term isn't helpful or specific. Indie is a useful term to me, sorry if you think I buy into some corporate paradigm for using it.

Techno is helpful enough for me to generally distinguish acts in Sahara from rap, rock, Indie hipster stuff, etc... I'm not familiar enough to use jungle, house, breakbeats, trance, for finer levels of distinction. If you want you can pretend I put EDM instead of techno and then do the superior dance.

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I commend you for your research... buuuuut. Having Kraftwerk in your third group and Carbon/Silicon in your fourth is unacceptable.

Yeah thought about Kraftwerk and Carbon/Silicon, and both out of respect, traditon and musical education was thinking I should see, but don't think I'd enjoy as much as above acts. At the 2005 festival, I saw Bauhaus out of respect rather than Chemical Brothers (have albums by both) for fun and regretted it. Maybe I will bump Kraftwerk up to 2nd.

Gogol is a band i don't get as much as message board folks for the insane gypsy carnival, but i'm sure on Sunday they'll blow you away.

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Gogol is a band i don't get as much as message board folks for the insane gypsy carnival, but i'm sure on Sunday they'll blow you away.

Make sure you see Gogol. They were AMAZING last year at Coachella and I have seen them twice since then. They are always a blast.

Originally Posted by bmack86

And it's been long established that Chris hates fun.

Originally Posted by Hatinisbad

I took my niece this year and it was her first Coachella. It was so fun to see it through her eyes. She thought it felt like a magical scene from Shreck. The one where all the fairy tale creatures meet for the first time in Shreck's swamp.

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I don't agree with many of your comments, but a great read anyway - I realise that this is counter to this Board's tradition. Because I didn't agree 100% I suppose I should call you names and post pictures of kitties in compromising positions but I would rather not.

Originally Posted by Hawkings

Yeah thought about Kraftwerk and Carbon/Silicon, and both out of respect, traditon and musical education was thinking I should see, but don't think I'd enjoy as much as above acts. At the 2005 festival, I saw Bauhaus out of respect rather than Chemical Brothers (have albums by both) for fun and regretted it. Maybe I will bump Kraftwerk up to 2nd.

I believe you remember this wrong - I am a big fan of both and saw both in 05. Chem Bros conflicted with Coldplay.

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Originally Posted by CaliMag

I don't agree with many of your comments, but a great read anyway - I realise that this is counter to this Board's tradition. Because I didn't agree 100% I suppose I should call you names and post pictures of kitties in compromising positions but I would rather not.

Thanks for that. Yeah I know some of posts on forums are very,'ZOMG you don't like a band I think are the next Beatles' or 'I agree with alot of things but will find an error and pound ya'. I swear music geeks are much less forgiving and more prone to seeking to maintain their fragile egos by flames than other message boards.

Dang, who did i miss seeing Bauhaus ? It must have been Bauhaus into Cold Play, missing Chemical Bros. Anywho, I don't want to miss an act that might be fun, purely to see an act that is more 'important'. Always tough calls when who to see.

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fuck you take man man out of your suck group right now before i back hand you. man man. sigh. how i love you man man. I had'nt listed to them in about a month and poped them in my car on the way to school today. they are going to rock you are an idiot if you miss them

Originally Posted by menikmati

Make up rumors of who's playing > keep track of who's confirmed > whine about where the lineup is > lineup announced! > bitch about how the lineup sucks > whine about what bands will be added > bands finally added! > whine about where set times are > set times finally announced! > bitch about how set times suck > goto show > come back and say Coachella was best ever! > start rumors for next year

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When I read this thread I pictured Chris Farley in Drag reading restaurant reviews to Adam Sandler.
Can't quite agree on your groups, but thier yours, thanks the links were helpful though, it helped get up to speed with the acts I didn't know yet.

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Originally Posted by ayoo_BEN

waiit, newcomer here. what do you mean by group 1 2 3 and 4. like does that mean all in the same place or something?

nah, with 5 stages, many going at once, it's just a way I was categorizing them in terms of who I would prioritize in when time conflicts arise, and as I probably can't catch the majority of acts on a given day. It's also a handy way to generate flames, by people that won't post their likes/dislikes or way to accurately describe bands (or if they do they better comb the threads to have the 'correct' tastes or be branded musically ignorent for not appreciating Man Man for their bad Tom Waits impression enough or god forbid not using appropriate obscure nomenclature to refer to a subgenre of music).

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But Uffie says 'take your ass on the floor, down to the floor', it's funny. Besides should be nice to girls with glocks right ? I don't think gonna make changes to fix the shenanigans on Sat. Feeling like I was to harsh on Data Rock, Reverand and the Makers & Santogold on Friday though, they'd be fun too. Really only should have put very few bands in the bottom.

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I found all the links and reviews helpful, I am torn on Kraftwerk too, I love electronic music, and they are pioneers of that, guess it will all depend who they are up against, but I'd b down for seeing them.